Commonwealth v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably Commonwealth v. Randolph (2002), Commonwealth v. Coren (2002)
26 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Saferian · Commonwealth v. Wright · Commonwealth v. Grace
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Trial tactics which may appear questionable from the vantage point of hindsight do not amount to ineffective assistance unless 'manifestly unreasonable' when undertaken”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In regard to the latter requirement, there ought to be some showing that better work might have accomplished something material for the defense”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“likely deprived the defendant of an otherwise available, substantial ground of defence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.